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Definitions: Pitiful |
PitifulAdjective1. Inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice". 2. Bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs". 3. Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pitiful" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Satire | PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy of opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: PitifulSynonyms: deplorable (adj), distressing (adj), hapless (adj), lamentable (adj), miserable (adj), misfortunate (adj), pathetic (adj), piteous (adj), pitiable (adj), poor (adj), sad (adj), sorry (adj), wretched (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contempt | Contemptible, despicable; pitiable; pitiful; (unimportant); despised;Verb: downtrodden; unenvied. |
Disrepute | Ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby base; (dishonorable). |
Inexpedience | Vile, base, villainous; mean; (paltry); injured; deteriorated; unsatisfactory, exceptionable indifferent; below par; (imperfect); illcontrived, ill-conditioned; wretched, sad, grievous, deplorable, lamentable; pitiful, pitiable, woeful; (painful). |
Pity | Adjective: pitying; Verb: pitiful, compassionate, sympathetic, touched. |
Unimportance | Poor, paltry, pitiful; contemptible; (contempt); sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel, weedy, niggardly, scurvy, putid, beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery; one-horse. not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw; Noun: beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration; de lana caprina; vain; (useless). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pitiful |
| English words defined with "pitiful": Exrable ♦ hapless ♦ lament, lamentation ♦ miserable, misfortunate ♦ pathetic, Pimping, piteous, pitiable, pitifully, plaint, poor ♦ Snively ♦ wail, wretched. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pitiful": King ♦ Pitiful ♦ Rascal Counters. (references) |
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Screenplays | So, tell me, my little one-eyed one. On what poor, pitiful defenseless planet has my monstrosity been unleashed? (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders) A mad man, your honor, a desperate fool at the end of his pitiful ropes. (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur) It was I who allowed the Alliance to know the location of the shield generator! It is quite safe from your pitiful little band. (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi; writing credit: George Lucas; Lawrence Kasdan) I was once one of those pitiful wretches you see down there. (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; writing credit: Jules Verne; Earl Felton) I bet you got, say, pitiful, portable picnic players. (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) | |
Lyrics | Beautiful me, pitiful you (Too Beautiful; performing artist: Heart) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A pitiful spectacle. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning | And lips say ''God be pitiful,'' who never said, ''God be praised.'' |
| Hurt a fly! He would not for the world: he's pitiful to flies even. ''Sing,'' says he, ''and tease me still, if that's your way, poor insect.'' | |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | They must not do less than others, or she should be exposed to odious suspicions, and imagined capable of pitiful resentment. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The child cast a pitiful glance before her and behind her. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | All costume off a man is pitiful or grotesque. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of. A king, in times long, long gone by, Said to his lazy jester: "If I were you and you were I My moments merrily would fly -- Nor care nor grief to pester." "The reason, Sire, that you would thrive," The fool said -- "if you'll hear it -- Is that of all the fools alive Who own you for their sovereign, I've The most forgiving spirit." Oogum Bem KING'S :EVIL:, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, but has now to be treated by the physicians. Thus 'the most pious Edward" of England used to lay his royal hand upon the ailing subjects and make them whole -- a crowd of wretched souls That stay his cure: their malady convinces The great essay of art; but at his touch, Such sanctity hath Heaven given his hand, They presently amend, as the "Doctor" in Macbeth hath it. This useful property of the royal hand could, it appears, be transmitted along with other crown properties; for according to "Malcolm," 'tis spoken To the succeeding royalty he leaves The healing benediction. But the gift somewhere dropped out of the line of succession: the later sovereigns of England have not been tactual healers, and the disease once honored with the name "king's evil" now bears the humbler one of "scrofula," from scrofa, a sow. The date and author of the following epigram are known only to the author of this dictionary, but it is old enough to show that the jest about Scotland's national disorder is not a thing of yesterday. Ye Kynge his evill in me laye, Wh. he of Scottlande charmed awaye. He layde his hand on mine and sayd: "Be gone!" Ye ill no longer stayd. But O ye wofull plyght in wh. I'm now y-pight: I have ye itche! The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is dead, but like many a departed conviction it has left a monument of custom to keep its memory green. The practice of forming a line and shaking the President's hand had no other origin, and when that great dignitary bestows his healing salutation on strangely visited people, All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye, The mere despair of surgery, he and his patients are handing along an extinguished torch which once was kindled at the altar-fire of a faith long held by all classes of men. It is a beautiful and edifying "survival" -- one which brings the sainted past close home in our "business and bosoms." |
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| "Pitiful" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.60% of the time. "Pitiful" is used about 208 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.6% | 203 | 21,393 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.4% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 208 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Ending with "pitiful": self-pitiful. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pitiful | 25 |
blindside lyrics pitiful | 13 |
poor pitiful pearl | 9 |
doll pearl pitiful poor | 9 |
blindside pitiful | 8 |
pitiful poor poor | 7 |
pearl pitiful | 7 |
lyrics pitiful | 6 |
doll pearl pitiful | 5 |
lyrics pitiful poor poor | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "pitiful"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | beklagenswaardig (dismal, miserable, poor), beklaenswaardig (dismal, miserable, poor), beklaaglik (dismal, miserable, poor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | për t'i ardhur keq (deplorable, sorry), i vajtueshëm (deplorable, lamentable, regrettable), i mëshirshëm (beneficent, Clement, compassionate, merciful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هزيل (exiguous, gaunt, haggard, lean, meager, meagre, miserable, niggardly, peak, peaky, scanty, scrawny, short, sickly, sketchy, skimp, skimpy, skinny, slender, slight, slim, spare, sparing, stingy, watery, wretched), حقير (abject, base, beggarly, blackguardly, cheap, despicable, dingy, dirty, frowzy, grubby, ignoble, inferior, insignificant, lousy, low, low down, lowly, mean, menial, niggling, paltry, pettifogger, petty, pip squeak, pitiable, poor, popinjay, rotten, scabby, scaly, scoundrelly, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, servile, shabby, shoddy, slavish, slim, slushy, small minded, snide, sod, squalid, swine, tacky, trifling, ungracious, unworthy, varmint, vile, villainous, worthless, wretched), أثار الشفقة (piteous, stir, touch), رثى له (pitiable, pity, puny, rueful, ruefully, saddening, sorry, woeful), بائس (afflicted, cheerless, deplorable, desolate, devil, disconsolate, distressed, forlorn, godforsaken, hapless, heel, helpless, lamentable, measly, miserable, paltry, pathetic, penurious, piteous, poor, poverty stricken, ratty, sad, scruffy, seedy, sickly, sordid, squalid, unfortunate, unhappy, woeful, wretched). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | състрадателен (human, pitying, tenderhearted), жалък (abject, lamentable, mangy, miserable, niggard, niggardly, piteous, pitiable, pokey, poor, sad, scabbed, scabby, scaly, scrubby, sorrowful, sorry, squalid, woeful), жалостив. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可怜 (Deplorable, Pathetic), 可憐 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zubožený, soucitný (compassionate, feeling, passionate, sympathetic, tenderhearted, warmhearted), budící soucit (piteous), bídný (abject, bad, eagre, low down, mean, miserable, scurvy, sordid, squalid, wretched). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beklagenswaardig (dismal, miserable, poor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kompatinda (dismal, miserable, poor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | رقت انگیز (Deplorable, Pathetic, Piteous, Pitiable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | surkuteltava (deplorable, lamentable, pitiable, regrettable), surkea (deplorable, dismal, lamentable, miserable, sad, wretched), säälittävä (miserable, piteous, pitiable, to be pitied, wretched). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pitoyable (piteous, pitiable), pauvre, misérable (piteous, pitiable), mesquin (picayune), malheureux, maigre, lamentable (piteous), déplorable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erbärmlich (abject, abjectly, depressingly, disgraceful, disgracefully, dismal, hideous, lamentable, lamentably, meager, miserable, miserably, paltrily, paltry, pathetically, piteous, piteously, pitiable, pitifully, poor, sordid, squalid, terrible, wretched), mitleidig (compassionate, merciful, mercifully, pitifully, pitying, sympathetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμπονετικόσ (charitable, soft-hearted, sympathetic), οικτρόσ (pathetic, pathetical, piteous, pitiable), οικτίρμων (merciful, ruthful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מעורר רחמים (piteous, pitiable), מסכן (hapless, miserable, poor, poor thing, unfortunate, wretched), עלוב (abject, god forsaken, humbled, mean, measly, miserable, poor, seamy, worthless, wretched), בזוי (abasement, abashment, abject, contempt, contemptible, cursed, deprecation, despicable, despised, despising, ignominius, measly, menial, vile), רחמ י (compassionate, lenient, merciful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | könyörületes (charitable, compassionate, gracious, merciful), szánalomra méltó (deplorable, lamentable, piteous, pitiable, regretful, woeful), szánakozó (commiserative, piteous, pitying, regretful), megvetendő (contemptible, despicable, pitiable), megindító (mating season, movie, moving, primacy, starter, touching), alávaló (abject, despicable, dirty, dungy, foul, nefarious, perfidious, rascally, scurvy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pietoso (compassionate, depressingly, merciful, piteous, pitiable, sorry, wretched), pieno di piet , lamentevole (lamentable, mournful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 無惨 (atrocious, cruel, miserable, tragic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おきのどく (a pity), きのどく (a pity), しょうし (absurdity, boatman, contemptible, crystallite, death by fire, eulogy, laughable, low birth rate, midnight, officers and men, paper making, praise, ridiculous, short or concise history, stamp), ひさ" (arsenic acid, disaster, dispersal, flying, misery, scattering, tragedy, wretched), さ"た" (admiration, extollment, horrible, praise, repeatedly crying, tragic, wretched), かれ" (cute, lovely, oppression, poor, sweet), いたましい (heartbreaking), いたいたしい (pathetic), いたわしい (heartrending), いじらしい (innocent, lovable, pathetic, sweet), むざ" (atrocious, atrocity, cold-bloodedness, cruel, cruelty, miserable, tragic), みじめ (miserable, sad, wretched). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 가엾은. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | treih (abject, deplorable, doughy, drawn, feeble, forlorn, fragile, haggard, miserable, pale, pale-faced, pallid, pasty, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, regrettable, rueful, sallow, seedy, sickly, wan, wretched, wretched of thing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itifulpay mesquinho (cheeseparing, close-fisted, costive, despicable, illicit, little, logy, mangy, mean, mingy, miserly, niggardly, nigh, peddling, penurity, pimping, scaly, scrubby, scurvy, small, sordid, stingy, unhandsome), lastimável (chapfallen, deplorable, dismal, lamentable incident, miserable, poor, regrettable, rueful, woeful, woesome), lamentável (ill-favored, infelicity, lamentable, melancholy, piteous, pitiable, regretful, regrettable, sad, sorrowful, tearful, unfortunate, wretched), deplorável (chapfallen, deplorable, pitiable, regretful, regrettable, rueful, sad), com pena de, coitado (dismal, miserable, poor). (various references) sãrac (barren, beggarly, destitute, empty, hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, lean, low-lived, meager, meagre, mean, needful, needy, pauper, peeled, penniless, penurious, piteous, pitiable, poor, poor man, poverty stricken, scanty, small, sterile, stingy, void), milos (charitable, compassionate, kind hearted, soft-hearted), compãtimitor (compassionate, compassionately, feeling, humane, merciful, pitifully, sympathetic, sympathetically, tender-hearted). (various references) ничтожный (exiguous, fiddling, lamentable, measly, naught, nominal, paltry, picayune, poxy, twopenny-halfpenny), жалкий (abject, forlorn, paltry, pathetic, pimping, piteous, pitiable, poor, scrubby, woeful, wretched), жалостный. (various references) veoma loš (chronic), sažaljiv (pitying, remorseful), mizeran (miserable). (various references) lastimoso (deplorable, piteous, pitiable, sorry), deplorable (deplorable, dismal, miserable, poor, regrettable). (various references) medlidsam (compassionate), ömklig (dastardly, despicable, miserable, piteous, pitiable, pityful). (various references) zavallı (nebbish, piteous, pitiable, poor, poor thing, poverty stricken, sorry, wretched), merhametli (benignant, charitable, christian, Clement, compassionate, gracious, lenient, merciful, pitying, propitious, samaritan, softhearted, tenderhearted), acınacak halde (deplorable, pathetically, piteous, pitiable, sorry, wretched). (various references) naяynjar (pathetic, plaintive). (various references) жалюгідний (abject, beggarly, caitiff, contemptible, deplorable, forlorn, impoverished, lamentable, mean, miserable, niggardly, parsimonious, piteous, pitiable, poor, queachy, snide, sorry, tatty, woeful, woesome, wretched), жалісний (rueful), жалісливий (sobby, soft boiled). (various references) thương xót (compassionate, pitying), thương hại (commiserative, compassionate, pitying, yearning), đầy lòng trắc ẩn đáng thương hại nhỏ mọn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mendicum, mendicus. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | pietosus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 1 Peter Chapter 3, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | To de teloV panteV omofroneV sumpaqeiV filadelfoi eusplagcnoi filofroneV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In fine autem omnes unianimes conpatientes fraternitatis amatores misericordes humiles |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And in feith alle of oon wille in preier be ye eche suffringe with othere, loueris of britherhod, merciful, mylde, meke; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | In coclusion be ye all of one mynde one suffre with another love as brethren be petifull be courteous |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride: |
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| Language | 1 Peter Chapter 3, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Sa katapusan, kamong tanan kinahanglan managkaduyog, magbinatiay, maghigugmaay ingon nga mga magsoon, maloloy-on sa kasingkasing, ug mapaubsanon sa hunahuna, |
| Croatian | Napokon, budite svi jednodušni, puni suosjeæanja i bratske ljubavi, milosrdni, ponizni! |
| Danish | Og til Slutning værer alle enssindede, medlidende, kærlige imod Brødrene, barmhjertige, ydmyge; |
| Dutch | En eindelijk, zijt allen eensgezind, medelijdend, de broeders liefhebbende, met innerlijke barmhartigheid bewogen, vriendelijk; |
| Finnish | Ja lopuksi: olkaa kaikki yksimielisiä, helläsydämisiä, veljiä kohtaan rakkaita, armahtavaisia, nöyriä. |
| French | Enfin, soyez tous animés des mêmes pensées et des mêmes sentiments, pleins d`amour fraternel, de compassion, d`humilité. |
| German | Endlich aber seid allesamt gleichgesinnt, mitleidig, brüderlich, barmherzig, freundlich. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kesimpulannya ialah: hendaklah Saudara-saudara seia sekata dan seperasaan. Hendaklah kalian saling sayang-menyayangi seperti orang-orang yang bersaudara. Dan hendaklah kalian saling berbelaskasihan dan bersikap rendah hati. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pada akhirnya, hendaklah kamu sekalian sehati, dan berbelas kasihan, dan mengasihi segala saudara, dan penyayang, dan rendah hati; |
| Italian | E finalmente siate tutti concordi, partecipi delle gioie e dei dolori degli altri, animati da affetto fraterno, misericordiosi, umili; |
| Latvian | Bet beidzot esiet visi vienprâtîgi, lîdzcietîgi, brâlîgi, þçlsirdîgi, pacietîgi, pazemîgi! |
| Maori | ¶ Na, ko te whakamutunga nei o taku, kia kotahi te whakaaro o te katoa, kia kotahi te ngakau, kia rite te aroha ki to te tuakana, ki to te teina, kia pai te ngakau, kia ngawari: |
| Norwegian | Og til slutning: Vær alle enige, medlidende, kjærlige mot brødrene, barmhjertige, ydmyke, |
| Portuguese | Finalmente, sede todos de um mesmo sentimento, compassivos, cheios de amor fraternal, misericordiosos, humildes, |
| Russian | оБЛПОЕ" 'Х"ШФЕ ЧУЕ Е"ЙОПНЩУМЕООЩ, УПУФТБ"БФЕМШОЩ, 'ТБФПМА'ЙЧЩ, НЙМПУЕТ"Щ, "ТХЦЕМА'ОЩ, УНЙТЕООПНХ"ТЩ; |
| Shuar | ¶ Nuyasha Ashí Yús-shuartirmin Tájarme, aya Chikichík enentaik Atí. Waitnennairatarum. Nekas yatsum aneam Núnisrumek anenaitiarum. Aya áminiuk Enentáimtutsuk chikichan Yáintaj tu Enentáimsatarum. |
| Spanish | Finalmente, sed todos de un mismo sentir: compasivos, amándoos fraternalmente, misericordiosos y humildes. |
| Swahili | Mwisho nasema hivi: mnapaswa kuwa na moyo mmoja, na fikira moja; mnapaswa kupendana kidugu, kuwa wapole na wanyenyekevu ninyi kwa ninyi. |
| Uma | ¶ Ka'omea-na, tuwu' hintuwu' -ta omea, hameha' hawa' pai' hanono lau, momepoka'ahi' hewa to ntali ompi', lompe' nono pai' mpakadingki' nono hi doo. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pitiful": pitifuller, pitifullest, pitifully, pitifulness, pitifulnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Pitiful" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paiful, paifull, pitful, pitifu, pitifull, pittyful, pityful, potful, potfuls, potsful, pushful. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pitiful" (pronounced pi"tuful) |
| 5 | -t u f u l | beautiful, bountiful, plentiful. |
| 4 | -u f u l | apocryphal, fanciful, merciful. |
| 3 | -f u l | artful, awful, baffle, baleful, bashful, blissful, boastful, careful, cheerful, colorful, deceitful, delightful, disdainful, disgraceful, disrespectful, distasteful, distrustful, doleful, doubtful, dreadful, duffel, dutiful, eventful, faithful, falafel, fateful, fearful, fistful, fitful, flavorful, forceful, forgetful, fretful, frightful, fruitful, gainful, gleeful, graceful, grateful, harmful, hateful, healthful, helpful, hopeful, houseful, hurtful, insightful, joyful, kerfuffle, lawful, lustful, masterful, meaningful, mindful, mistrustful, mournful, muffle, needful, neglectful, painful, panful, peaceful, playful, powerful, prayerful, purposeful, raffle, regretful, remorseful, resentful, reshuffle, resourceful, respectful, restful, riffle, rifle, rightful, rueful, ruffle, scornful, scuffle, shameful, shuffle, sinful, skillful, sorrowful, soulful, spiteful, stifle, stressful, successful, suspenseful, tactful, tasteful, tearful, thankful, thoughtful, trifle, triumphal, truffle, truthful, tuneful, uneventful, unfaithful, ungrateful, unhealthful, unhelpful, unlawful, unsuccessful, untruthful, useful, vengeful, waffle, wasteful, watchful, willful, wishful, wistful, woeful, wonderful, worshipful, wrongful, youthful, zestful. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-i-i-l-p-t-u" | |
-1 letter: uplift. | |
-2 letters: tulip, uplit. | |
-3 letters: flip, flit, lift, litu, pfui, pili, puli, tipi. | |
-4 letters: fil, fit, flu, lip, lit, pit, piu, pul, put, til, tip, tui, tup. | |
-5 letters: if, it, li, pi, ti, up, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-i-i-l-p-t-u" | |
+2 letters: pitifully, uplifting. | |
+3 letters: pitifuller. | |
+4 letters: pitifullest, pitifulness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 69 74 69 66 75 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .. - .. ..-. ..- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101001 01110100 01101001 01100110 01110101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P i t i f u l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0069 0074 0069 0066 0075 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50758675728778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian; Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic; Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian; Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese; Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, Esperantu, есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר טו, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, Eseperano, esperanto, Kiesperanto, าษาที่ประ"ิษฐ์ขึ้นเพื่อใช้เป็น าษากลางในการสื่อสารระหว่างประเทศ ซึ่งรากศัพท์ส่วนใหญ่, esperanto dili, tiếng etperantô, for esperanto; Farsi, Parsi, persiskt, Fasi, for Farsi; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, يهودي, عبري, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; korean, كوري شمالي, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean; gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manský, manština, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, Manninish, Manninagh, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man dili, man adası, менський діалект, менський, for manx; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; Тюркменски Език, turkmener, Turkmeen, Turkmeense, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmene, Turkmenin, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier, for Turkmen; 乌克兰, for Ukranian; Vietnamees, vietnamez, vietnamisht, виетнамски език, виетнамски, Vietnamis, 越南語 , 越南 , 越南语, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamec, vietnamština, vietnameser, vjetmanskt, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, Fjetnameesk, vietnamese, vietnamesisch, Vietnamesin, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnam, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt, for Vietnamese; |
